Alexander Viktorovich Shiryaev (Russian: Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€
Ð'икторович Ð¨Ð¸Ñ€Ñ ÐµÐ²; 10 September [O.S. 29 August] 1867
â€" 25 April 1941) was a Russian ballet dancer, ballet master and
choreographer, founder of character dance in Russian ballet who served
at the Mariinsky Theatre. Shiryaev was also a pioneering animation
director who is credited with invention of stop motion
animation.Alexander Shiryaev was born into an artistic family; both of
his parents performed at the Bolshoi Theatre: his mother Ekaterina
Ksenophontovna Shiryaeva was a ballet dancer, member of corps de
ballet, and his father Hector (Viktor) Cesarovich Puni was a flautist
who studied under Cesare Ciardi. According to the Soviet ballerina
Ninel Yultyeva, he was an illegitimate child, raised under his
mother's surname. His paternal grandfather Cesare Pugni was a famous
Italian composer of ballet music who moved to Russia in 1851 to work
for Imperial Theatres. Alexander's cousin Ivan Puni was a well-known
Russian avant-garde artist.At the age of nine Alexander entered the
Saint Petersburg Imperial Theatrical School where he studied under
Marius Petipa, Pavel Gerdt, Platon Karsavin and Lev Ivanov. He
graduated in 1885 and in a year became a member of the Mariinsky
Theatre troupe.Shiryaev quickly rose to fame. During the studies he
already managed to learn almost the entire repertoire of Mariinka,
thus he easily substituted solo performers, both in classical and
character roles. Shiryaev's musical talent and extraordinary visual
memory gained him a place of Marius Petipa's assistant and tutor. He
easily recollected all movements, reconstructing and finishing ballets
after his teacher. He helped to stage The Seasons, Harlequinade, The
Trial of Damis, among others. As a ballet master he helped Petipa to
bring back such ballets as Coppélia, The Little Humpbacked, The
Pharaoh's Daughter, Tsar Kandavl or Le Roi Candaule and Giselle.
Ð'икторович Ð¨Ð¸Ñ€Ñ ÐµÐ²; 10 September [O.S. 29 August] 1867
â€" 25 April 1941) was a Russian ballet dancer, ballet master and
choreographer, founder of character dance in Russian ballet who served
at the Mariinsky Theatre. Shiryaev was also a pioneering animation
director who is credited with invention of stop motion
animation.Alexander Shiryaev was born into an artistic family; both of
his parents performed at the Bolshoi Theatre: his mother Ekaterina
Ksenophontovna Shiryaeva was a ballet dancer, member of corps de
ballet, and his father Hector (Viktor) Cesarovich Puni was a flautist
who studied under Cesare Ciardi. According to the Soviet ballerina
Ninel Yultyeva, he was an illegitimate child, raised under his
mother's surname. His paternal grandfather Cesare Pugni was a famous
Italian composer of ballet music who moved to Russia in 1851 to work
for Imperial Theatres. Alexander's cousin Ivan Puni was a well-known
Russian avant-garde artist.At the age of nine Alexander entered the
Saint Petersburg Imperial Theatrical School where he studied under
Marius Petipa, Pavel Gerdt, Platon Karsavin and Lev Ivanov. He
graduated in 1885 and in a year became a member of the Mariinsky
Theatre troupe.Shiryaev quickly rose to fame. During the studies he
already managed to learn almost the entire repertoire of Mariinka,
thus he easily substituted solo performers, both in classical and
character roles. Shiryaev's musical talent and extraordinary visual
memory gained him a place of Marius Petipa's assistant and tutor. He
easily recollected all movements, reconstructing and finishing ballets
after his teacher. He helped to stage The Seasons, Harlequinade, The
Trial of Damis, among others. As a ballet master he helped Petipa to
bring back such ballets as Coppélia, The Little Humpbacked, The
Pharaoh's Daughter, Tsar Kandavl or Le Roi Candaule and Giselle.
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